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Seven Planets
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Description
Mir ‘Ali Shir Nava’i was the vizier and chief poet at the court of Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1468-1506), a great-grandson of the Mongol ruler Timur and an outstanding patron of literature and book arts. Written in Chagatay Turkish, Nava’i’s Khamsa (‘Quintet’) is a collection of five epic poems of strong didactic character. About three centuries earlier, Nizami of Ganja wrote another, more celebrated, Quintet which inspired Nava’i’s work, as well as a number of other versions that flourished over the centuries.
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Details
- Series
- Quintet
- Associated place
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Asia › Afghanistan › Herat (place of creation)
- Date
- 1485 (AH 890)
- Artist/maker
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Mir ‘Ali Shir Nava’i (1441 - 1501) (author)Sultan ‛Ali Mashhadi (active 1453 - 1520) (calligrapher)
- Associated people
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possibly Sultan Husayn ibn Mansur Bayqara (ruled 1470 - 1506) (commissioner)
- Material and technique
- ink, colour, and gold on paper; bound in leather
- Dimensions
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book 28 x 19.8 x 2.1 cm (height x width x depth)
leaves 317 (count)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › gold,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1432.3
Location
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- returned to owner
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